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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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